Tamara Mena is a bilingual motivational speaker, actress, host, model, content creator, ambassador, survivor, and eternal optimist. She was born and raised in Leon, Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S.…
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Kim Guerra is the artist, writer, and entrepreneur who created Brown Badass Bonita, a brand and a movement that offer apparel and art based on self-love, as well as on…
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Once Pueblos – Un tesoro en el Valle de Guadalupe.
February 21, 2020Once Pueblos es un restaurante-vinícola cuyo concepto está planeado para mostrar un pedacito de México en la frontera. La familia Once Pueblos (restaurante) y la vinícola (Sierra Vita) cuentan…
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Powerful Latina – Kay Lopez Ensures That Her Community Feels Represented on Social Media
February 20, 2020Latinas Poderosas, or Powerful Latinas in English, is the name of a platform developed by Kay Lopez to connect with a LatinX community on social media. She had once…
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A Girl and Her Curls – Julissa Prado, Successfully Addresses the Need of a Niche Market
February 17, 2020Julissa Prado is the founder of Rizos Curls, a company that encompasses what she calls the 3 C’s — curls, community, and culture. Growing up, she went through many…
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Emerging Latinas in Politics/Public Service – Denaee Amaya
February 10, 20201. When did your passion for public service begin? My passion for public service evolved during college. I studied the civil rights movement and the discrepancies of our criminal justice…
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Aura Vasquez – Transforming Los Angeles
February 10, 2020Aura Vasquez, Running for City Council, Intends to Find Solutions to Homeless and Public Transit Issues Aura Vasquez has spent the past decade working on the most transformative issues in…
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Creating Empowering Content with Doralys Britto
February 2, 2020Doralys Britto Believes Society Pressures Women to Try to Meet Often Unattainable Standards. Doralys Britto was born in the Dominican Republic as the second of three children to a doctor…
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Monterrey with two R´s
February 2, 2020Being from Monterrey, Mexico living in California can be very confusing as people assume I’m from Northern California when I say I’m from Monterrey. My home town Monterrey, with two…
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2020 THE YEAR I SOFTEN
February 2, 2020By Roberta Bárcena As the year begins and our intentions are set, how much are we expecting a certain result and trying to rush the outcomes instead of softening into…